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Phonics lesson 21: R-controlled vowels · Set 869 · 40 questions
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How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.

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  1. 1.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) first
  2. 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
  3. 3.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
  4. 4.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
  5. 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  6. 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) third
  7. 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
  8. 8.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
  9. 9.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  10. 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) unicorn
  11. 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) popcorn
  12. 12.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
  13. 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) guitar
  14. 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) spider
  15. 15.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
  16. 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) tiger
  17. 17.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
  18. 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
  19. 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
  20. 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
  21. 21.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
  22. 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) flower (c) fork
  23. 23.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  24. 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
  25. 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
  26. 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
  27. 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
  28. 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) thermometer
  29. 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
  30. 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) dart
  31. 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) popcorn
  32. 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
  33. 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) butter
  34. 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
  35. 35.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
  36. 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
  37. 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) torch
  38. 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) dart
  39. 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) burger
  40. 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar

Answer key

  1. first
  2. popcorn
  3. paper
  4. bird
  5. or
  6. turtle
  7. guitar
  8. spider
  9. er
  10. unicorn
  11. yarn
  12. third
  13. purple
  14. spider
  15. or
  16. corn
  17. thermometer
  18. ar
  19. corn
  20. ur
  21. computer
  22. flower
  23. er
  24. fork
  25. flower
  26. car
  27. ar
  28. thermometer
  29. jar
  30. paper
  31. popcorn
  32. girl
  33. butter
  34. star
  35. er
  36. ar
  37. ladder
  38. dart
  39. torch
  40. or

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